1972 United States presidential election in Nebraska

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1972 United States presidential election in Nebraska
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  1968 November 7, 1972 [1] 1976  
  Richard Nixon presidential portrait (1).jpg George McGovern (D-SD) (3x4-1).jpg
Nominee Richard Nixon George McGovern
Party Republican Democratic
Home state California South Dakota
Running mate Spiro Agnew Sargent Shriver
Electoral vote50
Popular vote406,298169,991
Percentage70.50%29.50%

Nebraska Presidential Election Results 1972.svg
County Results
Nixon
  50-60%
  60-70%
  70-80%
  80-90%

The 1972 United States presidential election in Nebraska took place on November 7, 1972, as part of the 1972 United States presidential election. Voters chose five [2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

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Nebraska was won by incumbent President Richard Nixon (RCalifornia), with 70.5% of the popular vote, against George McGovern (DSouth Dakota), with 29.5% of the popular vote. [3] [4]

In a state that would reflect McGovern's national results, [5] [6] the Democratic nominee did not win a single county in Nebraska. Out of Nixon's three campaigns, this was the only one in which Nebraska was not his strongest state, although he did outperform his past two performances here in popular vote percentage. Instead, Nebraska was his seventh strongest state after Mississippi, Georgia, Oklahoma, Alabama, Florida, and South Carolina.

Results

1972 United States presidential election in Nebraska
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Richard Nixon (inc.) 406,298 70.50%
Democratic George McGovern 169,99129.50%
Total votes576,289 100%

Results by county

County [7] Richard Milhous Nixon
Republican
George Stanley McGovern
Democratic
MarginTotal votes cast
#%#%#%
Adams 8,84172.47%3,35927.53%5,48244.93%12,200
Antelope 3,22879.14%85120.86%2,37758.27%4,079
Arthur 23683.99%4516.01%19167.97%281
Banner 40480.80%9619.20%30861.60%500
Blaine 34385.96%5614.04%28771.93%399
Boone 2,40673.15%88326.85%1,52346.31%3,289
Box Butte 3,43178.14%96021.86%2,47156.27%4,391
Boyd 1,41973.71%50626.29%91347.43%1,925
Brown 1,46281.58%33018.42%1,13263.17%1,792
Buffalo 8,58774.19%2,98825.81%5,59948.37%11,575
Burt 2,93776.54%90023.46%2,03753.09%3,837
Butler 2,30155.94%1,81244.06%48911.89%4,113
Cass 4,50371.39%1,80528.61%2,69842.77%6,308
Cedar 2,99562.37%1,80737.63%1,18824.74%4,802
Chase 1,31881.11%30718.89%1,01162.22%1,625
Cherry 2,61084.93%46315.07%2,14769.87%3,073
Cheyenne 3,12076.66%95023.34%2,17053.32%4,070
Clay 2,54274.70%86125.30%1,68149.40%3,403
Colfax 2,79971.66%1,10728.34%1,69243.32%3,906
Cuming 3,81078.90%1,01921.10%2,79157.80%4,829
Custer 4,83680.83%1,14719.17%3,68961.66%5,983
Dakota 2,87962.22%1,74837.78%1,13124.44%4,627
Dawes 2,98780.77%71119.23%2,27661.55%3,698
Dawson 6,21181.35%1,42418.65%4,78762.70%7,635
Deuel 1,00181.71%22418.29%77763.43%1,225
Dixon 2,29970.96%94129.04%1,35841.91%3,240
Dodge 9,83772.00%3,82628.00%6,01143.99%13,663
Douglas 101,57967.82%48,20132.18%53,37835.64%149,780
Dundy 1,00381.94%22118.06%78263.89%1,224
Fillmore 2,51166.41%1,27033.59%1,24132.82%3,781
Franklin 1,51071.60%59928.40%91143.20%2,109
Frontier 1,31580.23%32419.77%99160.46%1,639
Furnas 2,28277.15%67622.85%1,60654.29%2,958
Gage 6,29863.71%3,58836.29%2,71027.41%9,886
Garden 1,16185.05%20414.95%95770.11%1,365
Garfield 90381.21%20918.79%69462.41%1,112
Gosper 82977.40%24222.60%58754.81%1,071
Grant 37684.49%6915.51%30768.99%445
Greeley 1,00556.94%76043.06%24513.88%1,765
Hall 10,98772.26%4,21827.74%6,76944.52%15,205
Hamilton 2,96076.55%90723.45%2,05353.09%3,867
Harlan 1,54974.19%53925.81%1,01048.37%2,088
Hayes 48679.80%12320.20%36359.61%609
Hitchcock 1,33978.63%36421.37%97557.25%1,703
Holt 4,14779.75%1,05320.25%3,09459.50%5,200
Hooker 39488.34%5211.66%34276.68%446
Howard 1,69164.15%94535.85%74628.30%2,636
Jefferson 3,00867.08%1,47632.92%1,53234.17%4,484
Johnson 1,63764.10%91735.90%72028.19%2,554
Kearney 2,20374.38%75925.62%1,44448.75%2,962
Keith 2,51379.07%66520.93%1,84858.15%3,178
Keya Paha 56379.41%14620.59%41758.82%709
Kimball 1,65079.06%43720.94%1,21358.12%2,087
Knox 3,31872.02%1,28927.98%2,02944.04%4,607
Lancaster 42,57362.15%25,92437.85%16,64924.31%68,497
Lincoln 7,50269.97%3,22030.03%4,28239.94%10,722
Logan 32081.42%7318.58%24762.85%393
Loup 34585.61%5814.39%28771.22%403
Madison 8,58079.42%2,22420.58%6,35658.83%10,804
McPherson 24785.47%4214.53%20570.93%289
Merrick 2,41873.16%88726.84%1,53146.32%3,305
Morrill 1,74076.99%52023.01%1,22053.98%2,260
Nance 1,41368.79%64131.21%77237.59%2,054
Nemaha 2,60074.10%90925.90%1,69148.19%3,509
Nuckolls 2,08967.65%99932.35%1,09035.30%3,088
Otoe 4,81573.70%1,71826.30%3,09747.41%6,533
Pawnee 1,29971.26%52428.74%77542.51%1,823
Perkins 1,16576.70%35423.30%81153.39%1,519
Phelps 3,35682.03%73517.97%2,62164.07%4,091
Pierce 2,45178.96%65321.04%1,79857.93%3,104
Platte 7,87173.38%2,85526.62%5,01646.76%10,726
Polk 2,05071.25%82728.75%1,22342.51%2,877
Red Willow 3,70179.90%93120.10%2,77059.80%4,632
Richardson 3,66270.83%1,50829.17%2,15441.66%5,170
Rock 93787.16%13812.84%79974.33%1,075
Saline 2,82851.59%2,65448.41%1743.17%5,482
Sarpy 11,51474.68%3,90425.32%7,61049.36%15,418
Saunders 4,28263.13%2,50136.87%1,78126.26%6,783
Scotts Bluff 8,64975.78%2,76424.22%5,88551.56%11,413
Seward 3,70763.98%2,08736.02%1,62027.96%5,794
Sheridan 2,38683.22%48116.78%1,90566.45%2,867
Sherman 1,09957.54%81142.46%28815.08%1,910
Sioux 63983.20%12916.80%51066.41%768
Stanton 1,66277.66%47822.34%1,18455.33%2,140
Thayer 2,27469.93%97830.07%1,29639.85%3,252
Thomas 39784.47%7315.53%32468.94%470
Thurston 1,56565.07%84034.93%72530.15%2,405
Valley 2,01172.29%77127.71%1,24044.57%2,782
Washington 4,29075.38%1,40124.62%2,88950.76%5,691
Wayne 2,65974.67%90225.33%1,75749.34%3,561
Webster 1,63170.09%69629.91%93540.18%2,327
Wheeler 36181.12%8418.88%27762.25%445
York 4,65177.92%1,31822.08%3,33355.84%5,969
Totals406,29870.50%169,99129.50%236,30741.00%576,289

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